That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.

Pendantry is the unseasonable ostentation of learning. It may be discovered either in the choice of a subject or in the manner d treating it.

On Sir Joshua Reynolds's observing that the real character of a man was found out by his amusements. Yes, Sir, no man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

Men, however distinguished by external accidents or intrinsick qualities, have all the same wants, the same pains, and, as far as the senses are consulted, the same pleasures.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

The dependant who cultivates delicacy in himself very little consults his own tranquillity.